Gun Violence

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After finishing up our climate change projects last week, we started our unit on Gun Violence/Gun Control.
We began with an open discussion, sharing our opinions and then spent the next couple of days watching the film, Bowling for Columbine. We took notes as we watched, identifying arguments that the filmmaker was making.
Today, after a discussion of the film, we'll begin to get a deeper look at the issues raised. For tomorrow's class, you need to read the following background information. You should take notes, identifying key facts and statistics, main ideas, solutions, and any other information that seems important to your initial thoughts:

• Start with this introduction to the issue Gun Control Intro (Opposing Viewpoints)
• Next, read Gun Control Explained (an article posted after a school shooting in Oregon in 2015 but does a good job providing background and setting context to the issues) 
• Finally, read some of the Pro and Con arguments about gun control. Take note of those arguments that you really agree with and those that you disagree with.